FOI reference: FOI-2024-2190

You asked

Please provide influenza/COVID-19 deaths in the UK in 2020.

We said

Thank you for your request. 

We are responsible for the production of mortality statistics for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration.  

Figures for deaths registered in Scotland and Northern Ireland can be found at National Records Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency respectively. 

Figures for deaths due to and involving COVID-19 for deaths registered in England and Wales are published in our Deaths due to Coronavirus, England and Wales publication. Please choose the 2020 edition for deaths registered in 2020. 

Figures for deaths due to and involving influenza for deaths registered in England and Wales in 2020 are published this user requested dataset.